Patents by Inventor Steven Joseph Schumacher

Steven Joseph Schumacher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Peer-to-peer authentication for real-time collaboration
    Patent number: 7392375
    Abstract: A peer-to-peer collaborative network system is described. The peer-to-peer collaborative network system uses an authentication system with multiple levels of authentication. This allows some collaboration applications to allow a collaboration with a high authentication level, but not to allow a collaboration with a lower level of authentication. Other collaborative applications can allow a collaboration with the lower level of authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Colligo Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Ruth Bartram, Mark Miller Chesser, Nicholas Sawadsky, Steven Joseph Schumacher, Michael Blackstock
  • Peer-to-peer authentication for real-time collaboration
    Publication number: 20040054885
    Abstract: A peer-to-peer collaborative network system is described. The peer-to-peer collaborative network system uses an authentication system with multiple levels of authentication. This allows some collaboration applications to allow a collaboration with a high authentication level, but not to allow a collaboration with a lower level of authentication. Other collaborative applications can allow a collaboration with the lower level of authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Linda Ruth Bartram, Mark Miller Chesser, Nicholas Sawadsky, Steven Joseph Schumacher, Michael Blackstock